Originally published in Catalan as "El perqué de tot plegat" by Quaderns Crema, 1993.
Contents:
The story. Love -- Married life -- Submission -- The menstrual cycle -- Clueless -- Faith -- Pygmalion -- Immolation -- Knowledge -- The decision -- Admiration -- Why do the hands of a clock turn the way the hands of a clock do? -- Jealousy -- Hand on heart -- Instability -- St. Valentine's -- Trojan euphoria -- Half-twelvish -- The urge for self-improvement -- The Hippocratic oath -- Mycology -- The toad -- The sleeping beauty -- The monarchy -- Fauna -- Strength of will -- Physiognomies -- Divine providence -- The story.
Summary:
"A man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolves immediately. Over the course of a phone call, a man learns that his girlfriend died months ago, and that he's been unknowingly seeing her twin sister. Prince Charming marries Cinderella, but then has an affair with the evil stepsisters. A psychopath's liver explodes after a night of heavy drinking, but instead of killing him, it allows him to be a better drinker. These, and many more strange and twisted characters populate the pages of Why, Why, Why?, a delectable brew of dark humor and biting satire on human relationships."-- Back cover.
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